Downtown Frederick's independent bookstore and benefit corporation ๐
YA & Short Story Author. NOT OUR SUMMER (Running Press). Freelance Writer/Editor/Proofreader. Nature Lover. Chikasha saya. Repped by Ali Herring. *NO DMs*
https://linktr.ee/cbazay
SFF author & audio drama creator with a PhD in trashy Victorian lit. HIGHER MAGIC (MIRA, 7 Oct 2025). VP 2022. She/they. ND ๐ง . Rep: @rebeccamatte.com
https://courtney-floyd.com
๐ https://hauntnowpod.com
โ๏ธ https://buttondown.email/wallowinginink
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Author writing angry, messy girls. ๐ช
DIFFICULT GIRLS: out now! ๐ก๐ค๐
Rep: Michelle Wolfson
Perpetual daydreamer. โ๏ธ
Order my books here! โฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธ
bio.site/veronicabane
๐๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ง๐ฝ๐ฏ๐ฒ || Autistic Advocacy๐ || she/her๐ || ALL THE NOISE AT ONCE | Apr 15 2025 - ( Atheneum/S&S) || THIS IS HOW WE ROLL | Fall 2025 - (Page Street) || rep: Jenissa Graham (Bookends)
author & medieval scholar | rep. by @sambfarkas.bsky.social
THE TRAITOR OF SHERWOOD FOREST is out now with Penguin Books!
Order links & more at https://linktr.ee/amyskaufman
She/her ๐ Author of BEHOOVED (out now) and THIS TREACHEROUS NIGHT (2027) ๐ดโจ Often found swing dancing or talking to birds and plants ๐ฟ Rep: Maddy Belton
๐ https://linktr.ee/mstevensonbooks
You won't live forever, but your words might! MISTRESS OF BONES - Out Now! Repped by Dorian Moffei. She/Her
mariazmedina.com
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61220759-mistress-of-bones
Writer repped by @jemiscoe
The Summers Between Us (PRHC, 2025)
https://linktr.ee/noreennanja
BLOOD BENEATH THE SNOW out now! (Ace/Berkley) | SFF author โ๏ธ | avid reader ๐ | bisexual ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | constantly thinking about star wars โจ
rep: @bethanyfulk.bsky.social
Leigh (she/her)
Horror writer | Everything reader
Forever daydreaming | Member of HWA | Odyssey โ24
Rep: Ellen Goff at HG Literary
llmadridwrites.com
https://linktr.ee/LLMadrid
MY LIPS, HER VOICE (Out 10/14/25 from Creature Publishing)
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she/her. National bestselling author in WI
๐ชFORTS, Viking
๐ฐ๏ธCASSINI'S MISSION, MIT Kids Press
Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney, Seymour Agency
https://linktr.ee/KatieVenit
๐ค Author
๐ค THE BELLES (S&S / Atria, 2025) southern gothic x dark academia
๐ค FALL OF THE HOUSE OF GRAYSTONE (S&S / Atria, coming 2027) Sapphic Tim Burton meets Grey Gardens
๐ค ME: https://www.laceyndunham.com/links
Five authors in an impeccably-tailored trenchcoat (Josh Eure, Craig Lincoln, Ben Murphy, Cadwell Turnbull, and M. Darusha Wehm).
they/them
https://www.darklylem.com/
https://books2read.com/transmentation-1
Author of Memory and Magic, Out Oct 7 2025 from Luna Press
https://www.dmbeucler.com/
Expert Onion.
Cat herder.
2 kids, 3 cats, infinite chaos.
#VP21 #Codex
she/they
Knit 2, Purl 1, Sow kind chaos.
Author, illustrator, former pastry chef.
โ๏ธ๐ฉฐTHE ABOMINABLE SNOW DANCER (Penguin Workshop): out now!
๐๐ชจ MEDUSA'S PET ROCK (HarperCollins): 9/22/26
Rep: @allielevick.bsky.social
Website: bit.ly/stephlaubooks
CRASH LANDING coming April 1, 2025 from Avon/HarperCollins
romance author, reader, marketing and astrology nerd
#writingcommunity
rep: https://bsky.app/profile/charmstrong.bsky.social
Writes and draws comics and other things.
โ๏ธ๐จLU & REN'S GUIDE TO GEOZOOLOGY (May 27, 2025)
๐จANTARCTICA: THE MELTING CONTINENT (2022)
https://linktr.ee/angelahsieh
Queer Writer, Bestselling, Eisner & Ignatz nominated, fairy tales and lady knights enthusiast | She/Her ๐ฉ๐ดโจ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Work: THE LIBRARY OF MEMORIES (out 2026), TO DANCE THE MOON AND STARS (out 2026), THE CARDBOARD KINGDOM SERIES + OTHERS
bio.site/mustachebabs
โจIllustrator Making Magic~ / Working on Library of Memories Graphic Novel Fall 2025. Represented by Britt Siess CM.
Lissymarlin.com / lazyfishy.art
KidLit Author
FIONA AND THE FORGOTTEN PIANO is OUT NOW!
https://linkin.bio/katedemaio
She/Her
South American arachnid with a human form ๐ธ CABARET IN FLAMES (Tor/Titan, 2026) ๐ธ BUT NOT TOO BOLD (Tor, 2025) ๐ธ PT/EN/ES ๐ธ Rep. Lee O'Brien
https://linktr.ee/hachepueyo
SFF writer, Cybersecurity engineer, Lover of tea.
Author of THE BOOK OF AUTUMN, (Kensington, October 2025)
Rep'd by Samantha Fabien at Root Literary
https://linktr.ee/mollyosullivan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218483960-the-book-of-autumn
๐ Fantasy and Science Fiction Author
"Children with Gifts" Fall 2025
www.damisalako.com
THIS MONSTER OF MINE coming April 2025!
Fantasy writer | Neurodivergent af
Represented by the amazing Molly Jamieson and Ginger Clark
https://linktr.ee/shalini.a
MG Author (she/her) ๐ตTHE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN๐บ January 21, 2025 Feiwel & Friends๐Bookseller (Kidsโ Specialist)๐SCBWI-IL Co-rep ๐Former homeschool co-op teacher๐Rep: Deborah Warren East/West Literary
https://linktr.ee/nicolemhewitt
Sapphic Scottish specfic duo E&M. Fungi fanatics, lurcher lovers, gin guzzlers.
The Needfire NOW OUT out with Solaris Books!
Repped by John Baker @ BLM.
https://linktr.ee/mkhardy
(she/her) SFF writer based in Lanark, Scotland. Her first novel, THE OUTCAST MAGE, combines a coming-of-age narrative with thrilling magic and found family. Out now from Orbit UK/US in hardback, paperback, ebook and audiobook.
Generally cheerful, scaredy-cat horror-lover & horror author. THE CUT is available now! THESE FAMILIAR WALLS coming 4/14/26
https://read.macmillan.com/lp/these-familiar-walls-9781250336583/
rep: Chris Bucci
member HWA | #PitchWars 2020
bi, she/her
Author of the Encantadora Series๐งโโ๏ธ(Book 2 - 9/15/26) and The Dragoneer๐ (Fall 2027)
๐ต๐น๐บ๐ธ
https://bio.site/sarahjmendonca
Middle Grade Author of BEA MULLINS TAKES A SHOT (Random House Kids, out now!) ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ More info here: https://bit.ly/3EOkGZ2
Represented by Kurestin Armada/Root Literary
emilydeibert.com | she/her
They/them. Kidlit author, drawer of things, general menace. My second MG novel WHERE THERE BE SPIES is out May 5, 2026!
Author of UNLOCK THE DARK, Feb 25, 2025, Harper Collins. Repped by @kissedbyink at @belcastr
Bookaholic ๐ โจ tea lover โโจ mom of 3 toddlers ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถโจ she/her
https://bio.site/SasaHawk
sasahawk.com
Author | Not on Bluesky much | Find me elsewhere: https://linktr.ee/charlotteingham
worse at ominously looming than i'd like to be. enjoys buses. THE FACELESS THING WE ADORE (page street, 2025) rep by @laurenbajek
Author.
Founder: Black Girl Writers
https://linktr.ee/jackpbrown
USA Today Bestselling author of SERIAL KILLER SUPPORT GROUP, TRAD WIFE, THE LAST TIME WE DROWNED & A THOUSAND MONSTROUS FORMS ๐ค rep: Amy Giuffrida
VIOLET THISTLEWAITE IS NOT A VILLAIN ANYMORE (Nov 2025) - adult cozy fantasy romance
Rep: Brent Taylor at TriadaUS
https://linktr.ee/emilykrempholtz
YA Fantasy Author. OF WOLVES AND STAGS (2025 Inked in Gray). She/They. Rep: Jennie Dunham
Author of SFFH ยท French & American ยท THE COLOR OF TIME coming May 2026 at @shirakipress.com ยท Rep: @ajvanbelle.bsky.social ยท ๐ California
๐ millieabecassis.com/link-in-bio
๐ @smallpitch.org Founder
๐ @specawards.bsky.social Co-Founder
SPARRING PARTNERS (2026) from Afterglow (Harper Collins) | She/Her
๐ WHAT WAKES THE BELLS (March '25) + ๐ฆด THE HANGING BONES (Winter '26) from Macmillan | Feiwel & Friends ๐ฟ Rep: Stuti Telidevara and Pete Knapp ๐ฟ demi ๐ฟ she/her ๐จ๐ฆ
๐ https://elletesch.carrd.co
SPIT BACK THE BONES (@turnerpub Fall 2025)
BITTERBLOOM (March 2026)
she/her
I write about curses and cryptids ๐
dark fantasy horrorโข๏ธ
Rep Amy Giuffrida
HWA active author ๐ช
THE GROUND THAT DEVOURS US (Entangled TEEN | 6/3/25) repped by Jenna Satterthwaite | chronically ill | mental health matters |
Preorder TGTDU now! โฌ๏ธ
linktr.ee/kallaharris
๐ณ๏ธโ๐bi - Award-Winning Author of Epic Fantasy (rep by Harry Illingworth DHH) | EIGHT TASTES OF TREACHERY (July 2026) - http://bit.ly/43jGe8w
Reader. Writer. Crafter ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฎ๐จ
Chronically ill. Queer. Autistic
Agender, bi, ace, & aro-spec
Featuring: ME/CFS, cats, crochet, f1, SFF books, Lego, diamond painting
Author of: A STAGE OVER RUTHLESS STARS, & FIGHT FOR ME
More: jjclapton.com
Haligonian SFFH writer / She/They / A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING ๐ (Poisoned Pen Press/Sourcebooks, 2026) / Maritime Cryptid / Hazel stan ๐ / Rep: Larissa Melo Pienkowski @ Azantian Literary Agency
She/Her. Blerd. Sunday Times bestselling author.
Next - A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out 7th April (Orbit UK) August 11th (@sagapressbooks.bsky.social)
Fiction in @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social & more.
Rep: @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/mhayinde
Rep: @thisisninaleon | When not writing romance I can be found at the theatre or drinking tea ๐ญ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Author of THIS HOUSE WILL FEED (Kensington, 1.27.26), BENEATH, IT SLEEPS (Kensington, 2027) & THE LAST HOPE IN HOPETOWN (Little Brown). From ๐ฎ๐ช #RevPit #writingcommunity #kidlit #horrorwriter #historicalfiction
https://linktr.ee/maria_tureaud
Poet, Picture Book author, and Nature educator. IF A BUMBLE BEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE, Picnic Heist. BUTTERFLY SEA is available for pre-order with Tielmour Press, #SCBWI #Edusky #CANSCAIP #CWILLBC
๐ฆ ๐ ๐
www.booksbycindy.com
https://linktr.ee/Cynthiamackey
debut novel RAVISHING ๐๐ โจ out now from Roxane Gay Books/Grove Atlantic | disabled & chronically ill | philly-based | surya means sun โ๏ธ | eshani.surya@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/eshanisurya
Writer, reader, web developer, ex-bookseller. Pratchett fan. Lives near Stonehenge. Debut crime novel '10 Marchfield Square' out now. (She/Her)
https://linktr.ee/nicolawhyte
#Author #Crime #BookSky
writer of things, lover of puns ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
debut YA romance TART ๐ (Bloomsbury, Aug โ25) available to pre-order now!
repโd by ASH Literary โจ
He/him | Blerd, Author... Blerduthor? | Author of Forever for the Culture (Beacon) and Sundiata (Feiwal & Friends/Macmillan) | stevenunderwoodjr(at)blaqueword(dot)com
SFF writer, artist, ux designer.
A Dance of Lies | June 2025 | Del Rey & Bloomsbury UK
Elsewhere: reverieandink โจshe/her
Repโd by @jenazantian
ALL (DEAD) GIRLS LIE (June 2025 @rowhousepub)๐ฉธ| she/her | words below โ๏ธ๐
https://linktr.ee/piperlwhite
Brooklyn born. Atlanta raised. I write occasionally. I talk shit a lot. My debut: ONCE UPON A TIME IN DOLLYWOOD (October 2025, Berkley). Rep: Sarah E. Younger, NYLA.
Website: https://ashleyjordanwrites.com
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ashleyjordanwrites
queer & autistic YA author of THE GOOD VAMPIREโS GUIDE TO BLOOD AND BOYFRIENDS (8/26/25) she/they
linktr.ee/jamiedamato
History buff, writer of YA and adult fantasy, belly dancer, logophile, and all around geek! THE CHANGELING QUEEN out Fall 2025 (Erewhon Books). #AMM R4 Mentee. Rep'd by Z. R. Ellor of JDLItAgency. She, her
author of WHEN DEVILS SING (5/27/2025)
rep: pete knapp
linktr.ee/xankaur
She/her. UNDER THE NEON LIGHTS (PenguinTeen, 6/3). Reeseโs Book Club LitUp Fellow. Tin house YA '21. Educator. Rep: Jodi Reamer. IG: arriwrites. Pronounced Ar-ee-el.
Website: arriwrites.com
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/arriwrites
wroted PRIDE OR DIE (2025) and THEY WANT US DEAD (April 28, 2026)
linktr.ee/clmontblanc
TARNISHED ๐ + DIMINISHED ๐ + VANQUISHED ๐ OUT NOW
Seasonal โข bi โข ND & disabled โข a Finger Lakes hearth witch ๐ฅง๐ชด(she/her)
@ericaroseeberhart on LinkTree
THE WHISPER OF STARS coming 2025 from Gollancz.
Fantasy writer. Castle enthusiast. History buff. Follow me for bits of folklore, fairy tale photos, and musings on the creative life.
https://linktr.ee/CristinWilliams
Author of THE COVER GIRL, out now from MIRA/HarperCollins. 80s glam metal connoisseur. Road House enthusiast. Hallmark movie scholar. She/her.
https://linktr.ee/amyrossiwriter
Author of THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY
โข Shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards
โข An Amazon Editors' Pick for Best SFF
โข Buy now: http://tscm.carrd.co
Newsletter: http://roannelau.substack.com/embed
Agent: @keiralekseii.bsky.social
Chronically offline.
Co-authors, she/her, he/him | Fantasy books for those of you meant to be heroes โ๏ธ
IN THE NAME OF HONOR
IN THE NAME OF PRIDE
Vows & Valor | @shadowsparkpub
๐จ: @luxury_banshee (IG) ๐ซAI
Vermont | Posts by Courtney ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐
https://collinsauthors.com/links/
author of REBEL ROSE and A LADY WOULD KNOW BETTER (01/28/25) โข bookseller โข half agony, half hope โข itโs terry-oh
Author, Speaker, Guide Dog Puppy Raiser and Leader, Swimmer, Traveler, Adventurer; THIRD AND LONG (2025) and FALSE START (2026) from @ConquestPublishing; OLIVER & ASPEN (2026) from @wildinkpublishing; Staff Writer at WSCL; https://linktr.ee/rebecca.minelga
they/she/he | kฤnaka maoli + hapa haole | mฤhลซ + lesbian | SF writer | rep = Keir Alekseii | https://linktr.ee/makanayama | HAMMAJANG LUCK & THE OBAKE CODE out now!
Smart, sexy romcomsโsugar, spice, & statistics! |๐ฌ๐ซ๐ TALK DATA TO ME (2025) and ๐ฌ๐๐ SUCKER FOR YOU (2026) from Atlantic Books | Repโd by @gaiabanks.bsky.social | More at https://linktr.ee/rosemcgeewrites
Author | Sci-fi Romance | Rep: Jenna Satterthwaite
MOONRISING coming July 2025 from Diversion Books
Writer, editor, coach. She/her. Pittsburgh. My writing trends lyrical, peculiar, melancholy, existential. Books: MILLIONS OF SUNS (2023). THE HEIGHT OF LAND (2025). Covid cautious/airborne aware. Rep: Naomi Davis, BookEnds. linktr.ee/mchristinebd
Feral book girl. Author. Crafts & trinket goblin. โฉ Get in loser, we're going to go kill Bunny โฉ ๐ฆ
๐๐ฌ๐ซ๐ก๐ฌ๐ซ ๐
๐ฌ๐ง/๐ฏ๐ต
Screenwriter, culture writer, author. Novel THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER out in 2025. Find my work @ Netflix, Amazon, The CW, The Cut, NYT, & more.
Author of this book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/crawl-stories-max-delsohn/22144102
Multimedia storyteller | Duppy conqueror | A special occasion | Small axe ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฆ | Book: THE BOOK OF POSSIBILITIES (Penguin Canada, 2025) | Newsletter: VIVRANT (via beequammie.com)
Eisner and Ignatz-nominated cartoonist! Gay, they/she, a ghost with a skeleton inside it. I write and draw mystery, horror, and love.
โ๏ธ HELLO SUNSHINE โ๏ธ | SUNFLOWERS | TAPROOT http://keezyyoung.com | rep'd by Kurestin Armada
Writer (Vanity Fair, The Cut, Slate), editor, cultural critic and amateur stand-up.
๐งโโ๏ธ๐บ๐งโโ๏ธ Spec fic author. LIGHTFALL (#1 of THE EVERLANDS) out now. MOONFALL June 2026 ๐ Freelance editor. ๐ SFF & horror reviewer for Grimdark Magazine & FanFiAddict. He/him
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/edcrocker
My debut- LOVE, CANTER, ACTION comes out with Union Square May 13, 2025!
Preorder: https://www.unionsquareandco.com/9781454957188/love-canter-action-by-katie-gilbert/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219475329
sunburned ginger ยท middle-grade author ยท childrenโs playwright ยท school librarian ยท two-time Friedrich von Trapp ยท #amwriting #amquerying #amsleepy
๐ https://linktr.ee/msteelewrites
๐ช Author of psychological thrillers. Trust no one. WHO DID I MARRY? โ May 28 ๐ฅ
author of BACKHANDED COMPLIMENTS (June 10th, 2025) ๐พ๐๐ from Atria! ๐น smut, angst, & tennis writer๐นshe/her ๐น rep: Trinica Sampson-Vera at New Leaf Literary ๐น sag โ๏ธ cancer ๐ gemini โฌ๏ธ
Author of WE KILL THE FLAME (2025 HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books) | Travel Influencer | Screenwriter | UCLA Grad | Rep: Natalie Lakosil at LGLM
https://linktr.ee/tamaracole
IN THE COMPANY OF KILLERS | March 18 (US) 20 (UK) | Canadian ๐จ๐ฆ
https://linktr.ee/eloracookauthor
Writer of mostly queer SFFH stories & poems | eco garden hag | they/any | outside foraging, inside with a story ๐๏ธ๐ ๐ง๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๐ช๐บ | No genAI thieverubbish ๐ฏ
โโโ ๐๐ Shiraki Press, 2026 โโโ
https://linktr.ee/jeannie_marschall
Icon by @galacticjonah.bsky.social
Author of CRUELER MERCIES (Bindery 2025). Appreciator of womenโs rights and womenโs wrongs.
Author of HOLLOW SPACES (Counterpoint), LITTLE SURRENDERS (Audible). Lawyer. Opinions my own. Repped by Ellen Scordato at Stonesong
USA Today bestselling author of THE FARMHOUSE ๐ Spooky all year. ๐ป Writes books that make you question if itโs real or in her head. ๐
chelseaconradt.com
Speculative psycho-thriller author and all-around genre contortionist.
THE ONCE AND FUTURE ME Aug 19. 2025 from Holt/Macmillan. Repโd by Elisabeth Weed at The Book Group.
Writer from Manitoba, Canada. ๐จ๐ฆTHE DARK TIMES OF NIMBLE NOTTINGHAM, coming August 26,2025 from Penguin/Nancy Paulsen Books.
Rep: Pete Knapp, ParkFine&Brower
https://linktr.ee/ryanjamesblack
https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/?text=The+dark+times+of+nimble
no pasa nada ๐บ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฝ โข fear leads to regrets
author of the CHLOE VEGA series
Chloe Vega 2 comes out Oct 6, 2026 (HarperCollins)
rep: New Leaf Literary & Media
https://linktr.ee/leslieadame
THE SACRED SPACE BETWEEN
Harper Voyager UK ๐ฌ๐ง Little,Brown ๐บ๐ธ
November, 2025
rep: Maddy Belton
(she/her) ๐
